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FESTIVALS OF INDIA

Indian festivals Play an important role of culture and traditional background. The indian festivals are colorful part of each and every indians. India has the rich celebrations of important festivals like Diwali, Pongal, Onam, Mahasivrathri, Gokulashtami, etc. According to the nation, India has the festvals like Independence Day, Republic Day, Gandh Jayanthi, etc. India has many types of festivals. They are religious festivals, National Festivals and events.

Religious Festivals includes Hindu festivals, Christian festivals, Buddhist festivals, Islamic festivals, Jewish festivals and Sikh festivals. Every region celebrates their festival according to their regional customs and rituals. The commonness in all the celebration is that it celebrates humanity. Some of the common rituals, which are followed in most of the festivals, are processions in the streets, decoration of homes and sacred places such as temples and traditional places. Religious festivals have elaborate prayers, traditions, customs and rituals attached to them. The elaborate celebration and the multitude of festivals in India, each with their own unique legends and significances often awe the foreigners who come to visit India.

LIST OF FESTIVALS - 2011

New Year's Day	1st, January	Tamil New Year	14th, April
Lohri	13th, January	Easter	24th, April
Makara Sankranti	14th, January	Id- Ul - Milad *	15th, February
Republic Day	26th, January	Raksha Bandan	13th, August
Vasanth Panchami	8th, February	Gokula Astami	22th, August
Maha Shivratri	3th , March	Independence Day	15th, August
Id - Ul - Zuha *	6th, November	Gandhi Jayanthi	2nd, October
Holi	20th, March	Dussera	6th, October
Ram Navami	12th, April	Diwali	26th, October
Mahavir Jayanthi	16th, April	Govardan Puja	27th, October
Muharram	26th, November	Guru Nanak Jayanthi	10th, November
Baisakhi	14th, April	Id-Ul-Fitr *	30th, August
Good Friday	22nd, April	Christmas	25th, December

RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS OF INDIA - 2011

Hindu Festivals		National Festivals
Makara Sankranthi/Pongal	January,14th	Republic Day	Janaury, 26th
Maha Shivratri	March, 3th	Independence Day	August, 15th
Holi	March, 20th	Gandhi Jayanthi	October, 2nd
Telugu New Year	April, 4th	Christian Festivals
Tamil New Year	April,14th	Palm Sunday	April, 17th
Ram Navami	April, 12th	Good Friday	April, 22nd
Mahavir Jayanthi	April ,16th	Easter Day	April, 24th
Onam festival	September, 9th	Christmas Day	December , 25th
Gokula Ashtami	August, 22th	Buddhist Festivals
Ganesh Chathurthi	September, 1st	Paranirvana Day	February, 8th
Dussehra	October, 6th	Wesak(Buddha Day)	May, 17th
Diwali	October, 26th	Dharma Day	July, 15th
Jewish Festivals		Sikh Festivals
Purim	March, 20th	Birthday of Guru Gobind	January,5th
Passover 1st day	April, 19th	Baisakhi	April, 14th
Jewish New Year	September, 28th	Martyrdom of ArjanDev	June,16th
Day of Atonement	October, 8th	Gurunanak Jayanthi	November, 10th
Tabernacles	September, 23rd	TeghBahadur Martyr Day	November, 24th
Islamic Festivals		Other Festivals
Id-Ul-Zuha *	November,6th	Valentines' Day	February,14th
Al- Hijira( Muslim Newyear)	November, 26th	Doctor's Day	March, 30th
Muharram	November, 26th	May Day	May,1st
Milad-Un-Nabi*	Feburary, 20th	Mother's Day	May,8th
Id-e-Milad	March, 1st	Father's Day	June,20th
Lailat-Al-IsrawaAl-Miraj	June,29th	Friendship Day	August,7nd
Ramadan 1st	August, 11th	Teacher's Day	September,5th
Id-ul-fitr	August, 30th	Grand Parent's Day	September,11th
Ramzan Id	August, 30th	Children's Day	November,14th